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 * Pecuniary: consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money.**
 * Due to pecuniary circumstances, neither Bill nor Oprah, should ever have to buy the cheap stuff.**
 * counterpart: a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement.**
 * I exchanged the original tire for a counterpart.**
 * Demur: (v) to object or take exception to; (n) an objection**
 * The young man demured the untruthful statements.**
 * Allay (Verb): Lessen the intensity of or calm.**
 * Quinn tried to allay Artie's grief at the sight of Tina dancing with Mike with a reassuring pat on the back.**
 * Bestial (Adjective): Resembling a beast.**
 * Despite the prince's bestial exterior Belle was able to fall in love with him.**

Scrooge's bitterness towards people, led everyone to conclude he was a **misanthrope.**
The **pertinacious** donkey simply refused to change his course, despite the efforts of the man.
 * __Pertinacious-__**(adjective) very persistent; holding firnly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied



**Inordinant:**
__//**Allege**//__- to assert without proof or confirmation:The Us Weekly alleged that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez was supposedly a �couple�. __//**Arrant**//__- thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant: The teeneager was arrant of being arrested as he laughed as it was no big deal.
 * (adj.) far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive.**
 * The woman's inordinate speed almost caused her to wreck.**
 * Jettison:**
 * (v.) to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome.**
 * Crates of tea were jettisoned into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party.**


 * __Effrontery__- Shameless boldness, impudence. **
 * I can't believe he had the effrontery to smart off to the judge after being arrested. **


 * __Embellish__- To decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details. **
 * The carpenter likes to embellish old houses for fun. **

Ephemeral-(adj.) Lasting only a short time, short-lived. Time is ephemeral when you are having fun.

Felicitous-(Adj.) Appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy. She was felicitous after seeing she had made all As on her report card.

**__ Picayune __** (adj.) - Of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded. Instead of referring to her husband as important the wife told her mother that he was picayune.



**__ Raiment __** (N) �Clothing, garments Her raiment consisted of jeans and a t-shirt.

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__**﻿Convivial: **__(adj.) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial. ======

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__**﻿Coterie:**__ (n.) A circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest. When you enter high school there's many coteries, and cliques.

His **imperturbable** personality keeps him from having fun, even on the most exciting roller coaster ride.
 * Imperturbable **(adj.) not easily excited; emotionally steady

Employees are hired everyday to add a **increment** number to their work force.
 * Increment ** (n.) an enlargement, increase, addition



Illusory- misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality The man was ticketed for misleading the public, as the license plate claimed he was good looking, when he clearly was not.



Indigent- needy, impoverished The children that searched in the filthy water were so indigent, looking for anything they could use in any way.

Macabre: grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject It seems too macabre to suggest that she was a mourner at another funeral, stricken down suddenly on the platform and promptly buried!

Paucity: smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness We have a paucity of useful anwers to the problem of traffic congestion during rush hour.

__Portend-__ (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of. The survey also portends much worse things to come.

 __Raze- __ (V.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out. The building was old,so they had to raze it before it fell down.

 __Paroxysm- __(n.) A sudden outburst; a spasm, seizure, convulsion. The woman, overwhelmed with __paroxysms__ of grief, could not stop crying

__Pedantry-__ (n.) A pretentious display of knowledge; overly ridig attention to rules and details. Pedantry aside, his artwork is very well done.

Irrefutable (adj.) - Impossible to disprove; beyond argument. The man said that the theory had been proven, and the evidence was irrefutable.

Juggernaut (n.) - A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path. The hurricane was a juggernaut that flooded and destroyed all the houses in the city.



caluminate (v.) to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously She attempted to caluminate her husband during the trial.

chary (adj.) extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow (to); reserved, diffident Charious people are always careful when crossing busy streets.

Badinage- (Noun) light and playful conversation. The couple enjoyed nice badinage during their first date.

Conciliate- (Verb) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent. During the competition between rivals, the better team conciliated.

Peregrination- noun, to travel from one <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">place to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">another, esp. on foot.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Upon returning from my **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">peregrination **throughout the South, I took a long rest, vowing to always drive to my destinations from this point on! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">redolent- adj, fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The **redolent** smell of cookies reminded me of my grandmother, a sweet lady in Snickers commercials who used to bake for me often.

__**Tyro:**__ (noun) a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill.

//The cook was obviously too much of a tyro to earn the label of head chef.//




 * __Unremitting:__** (adjective) not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless.

//Tired of snow days, the students wished the snow would disappear, but it was unremitting.//